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  Anita Campbell
Anita Campbell

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Vancouver, B.C.

High School:
Aldergrove

Event:
Distances

Experience:
2V

Earned first NCAA Cross Country All-American award last year, placing 20th at NCAA's to help the Huskies to a program-best eighth-place finish ... qualified for a trip to the 2008 World Cross Country Championships with an eighth-place finish at the Canadian National Championships ... a two-time NCAA competitor at 5000-meters ... first team All-Pac-10 in 2007.

2007-08: Enjoyed historic junior season, leading the Huskies to a program-best eighth-place finish ... returned to NCAA's for third-straight year, earning first career All-American award with 20th-place finish in a time of 20:43 ... along with teammate Katie Follett, UW's first cross country All-Americans since 2001 ... ran first or second for the Huskies at every varsity race, going under 21-minutes every outing ... earned first team All-Pac-10 honors for sixth-place finish at the conference meet ... named All-West Region for fourth-place Regional finish, the best finish by a Husky since Tara Carlson was third in 1995 ... set school-record at Sundodger Invite, winning the race in 20:20 ... placed 12th overall and first on the team at Pre-Nationals, leading the Huskies to best-ever fourth-place finish ... also placed sixth (2nd UW) at Dellinger meet ... voted Team MVP at year's end ... qualified for spot on Canadian Senior Cross Country Team with eighth-place finish at the Canadian National Championships ... earned Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention ... only competed once during track season, running the 3000m at the Husky Classic in 9:35.57, a new PR.

2006-07: Qualified for second-straight NCAA Championship meet, placing 89th overall ... was UW's No. 1 or 2 finisher at every varsity meet ... earned second-team All-Pac-10 and first-team All-West Region honors ... placed ninth overall, second for UW, at Pac-10s, and was the Huskies' leader in sixth at Regionals ... also led UW at the Dellinger and Pre-National meets ... qualified for second-straight NCAA Track and Field Championships in the 5000m ... placed seventh in her NCAA semifinal in a time of 16:28.77 ... made the NCAAs via her fourth place Regional finish, clocking 16:21.37 ... moved into fourth in the Huskies' record book with her 5000m performance at the Stanford Invitational, running 16:00.03 ... placed third at the Pac-10 Championships in the 5000m ... also ran the 1500m and 3000m once each outdoors, winning the 3000m race in the UW-WSU Dual ... clocked an NCAA provisional qualifying time indoors in the 5000m at the MPSF Championships, running in 16:28.19 and finishing second ... was UW's top performer in the 3000m indoors, posting a time of 9:38.95 at the Husky Classic in her only outing at that distance ... a Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention.

2005-06: Had an outstanding freshman year ... was UW's lone representative at the 2005 NCAA XC Championships, placing 94th ... NCAA finish was tops by a UW frosh since 2001 ... was the 13th-highest finishing freshman at NCAAs ... placed second at the Canadian Jr. Nationals in December to qualify for her second-consecutive IAAF World Cross Country Championships appearance ... placed 57th at Worlds, leading Canada to 10th ... one of four true freshmen to run in UW's top-seven at every team competition in 2005 ... was the team's No. 1 finisher, in 11th overall, at Regionals, earning All-West Region honors ... ran second for UW, in 17th, at Pac-10s, and was the team's No. 4 finisher at Pre-Nationals ... placed 16th in collegiate debut at the Sundodger Invitational, and was 11th overall at Willamette ... was equally exceptional on the track, setting UW's freshman record at 5000m and qualifying for the NCAA Championships in her debut season ... ran just seven times, total, throughout the 2006 track season, including four championship-meet races ... was 21st in the 5K at NCAAs, her time of 16:29.91 the UW's sixth-fastest ever, and the best-ever by a Husky frosh ... time marked a 21-second improvement over her previous best, clocked in a sixth-place finish at Pac-10s ... was third in the event at Regionals, and second at MPSFs.

High School and Personal: Parents are Lorna and Garnett ... has a brother, Quinn ... ran 84th overall at the 2005 World Junior Cross Country Championships in St. Etienne, France ... finished fifth at Canadian Junior Cross Country Nationals in 2002 ... won the 3200m in a meet-record 11:12.96 at the 2005 World Junior Cross Country Championships ... won the B.C. prep cross country title in 2004 ... ran 11th in the 3000m at the 2003 World Youth Games ... was second in the 3000m and third in the 1500m at the 2002 B.C. prep track championships, and was second and fourth, respectively, in 2003 ... won the 2003 Sunfair Invitational ... placed second in the 3000m at the 2003 Mt. SAC Relays ... won the bronze medal at the 2003 Canadian Legion Juvenile Cross Country Championships ... named 2004 B.C Juvenile Cross Country Female Athlete of the Year in 2004 ... received B.C. Junior Development Award for distance running in 2001 ... has participated in ballet and is a blue belt in karate.

Major Meets
2005 World Jr. XC - 84th
2005 Pac-10 XC - 17th (2nd UW)
2005 Regional XC - 11th (1st UW)
2005 NCAA XC - 94th
2005 Canada Jr. XC - 2nd
2006 MPSF TF - 2nd, 5000m
2006 World Jr. XC - 56th
2006 Pac-10 TF - 6th, 5000m
2006 Regional TF - 3rd, 5000m
2006 NCAA-O - 21st, 5000m
2006 Pac-10 XC - 9th (2nd UW)
2006 Regional XC - 6th (1st UW)
2006 NCAA XC - 89th (2nd UW)
2007 MPSF TF - 2nd, 5000m
2007 Pac-10 TF - 3rd, 5000m
2007 Regional TF - 4th, 5000m
2007 NCAA-O - 19th, 5000m
2007 Pac-10 XC - 6th (1st UW)
2007 Regional XC - 4th (1st UW)
2007 NCAA XC - 20th (2nd UW)*
2007 Canada Sr. XC - 8th

* - Indicates All-America Honor Won

Collegiate Best Marks:

1500m......4:38.76
3000m.......9:35.57
5000m.......16:00.03

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